Abstract

The present invention is a new route for recycling batteries used in the electrical and electronic equipment sector and in the automotive sector. This invention encompasses batteries of different types of active cathode materials, such as LCO (LiCoO2), NCA (LiNiCOAlO2), LMO (LiMnO2 or LiMn2O4), NMC (LiNixMnyCozO2), and LMO-NMC (LiNiCoAlO2-LiNixMnyCozO2)) of prismatic, cylindrical and pouch types. The process involves the following steps: discharging the batteries, dismantling and separating the battery components, grinding the battery cells, precipitating fluorine and lithium, leaching with acid, separating the manganese by ozonation, precipitating aluminum, extracting cobalt by solvents, precipitating nickel and precipitating the remaining lithium. The present invention includes an acid leaching step without the use of a reducing agent, which can achieve values close to 99 percent efficiency for Ni, Co, Mn and Li, and mechanical processing without any heat treatment to concentrate the metals of interest in the battery cathodes. The present invention also relates to a lithium-ion battery recycling process that uses a metal separation route by ozonation followed by electrodialysis, as well as a lithium-ion battery recycling process that uses a metal separation route by electrodialysis.

IPC Classes  ?

• H01M 10/54 - Reclaiming serviceable parts of waste accumulators
• C22B 7/00 - Working-up raw materials other than ores, e.g. scrap, to produce non-ferrous metals or compounds thereof
• C22B 26/12 - Obtaining lithium
• C22B 1/00 - Preliminary treatment of ores or scrap

Abstract

224z22), and LMO-NMC with prismatic, cylindrical and pouch cells. The process has steps of: discharging the batteries, disassembling and separating the components of the battery, grinding the battery cells, precipitating the fluoride and lithium, leaching with acid, separating the manganese via ozonation, precipitating aluminum, extracting cobalt via solvents, precipitating nickel and precipitating the remaining lithium. The present invention has a step of acid leaching without the use of a reducing agent, which can reach near-99% efficiency for Ni, Co, Mn and Li, and mechanical processing with no heat treatment to concentrate the metals of interest from the battery cathodes.

IPC Classes  ?

• H01M 10/54 - Reclaiming serviceable parts of waste accumulators
• C22B 7/00 - Working-up raw materials other than ores, e.g. scrap, to produce non-ferrous metals or compounds thereof
• C22B 26/12 - Obtaining lithium
• C22B 1/00 - Preliminary treatment of ores or scrap

Abstract

This invention relates to a vermicular cast iron alloy with high mechanical strength and thermal conductivity requirements to replace the conventional gray and vermicular cast irons and introduces a manufacturing process for high mechanical strength and thermal conductivity vermicular cast iron alloy and internal combustion engine parts produced from said alloy. The alloy includes carbon, manganese, tin, copper, molybdenum, silicon, magnesium, rare earths, chromium, titanium, niobium, vanadium, tungsten, phosphorus, sulfur, aluminum, and nickel. The alloy has a graphite microstructure consisting of up to 70% of vermicular particles and up to 30% of nodular particles in area, with a matrix in area up to 80% pearlitic and up to 20% ferritic, with presence of segregating carbides of up to 1%.

IPC Classes  ?

• C22C 37/10 - Cast-iron alloys containing aluminium or silicon
• C22C 37/00 - Cast-iron alloys
• C22C 33/10 - Making cast-iron alloys including procedures for adding magnesium
• C22C 33/08 - Making cast-iron alloys
• F02B 1/00 - Engines characterised by fuel-air mixture compression
• F02F 1/00 - CylindersCylinder heads

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mold for manufacturing vehicle engine cast part with vermicular cast iron alloy and a process for manufacturing vehicle engine cast part with vermicular cast iron alloy capable of manufacturing parts with high strength and lightness using said mold, without prejudice to the other thermal and mechanical properties of the part. In addition, the present invention relates to a vehicle engine assembly process from the combination of parts made with vermicular cast iron alloy and parts made of composites producing a light and high strength engine, having weight equal to or less than the weight of a conventional aluminum engine.

IPC Classes  ?

• B22C 9/00 - Moulds or coresMoulding processes

Goods & Services

Metal alloys for further manufacturing; common metals, unwrought or semi-wrought; sheet metal; castings, foils, powder, and rolled, drawn or extruded semi-finished articles of common metals or their alloys

Abstract

The present invention refers to a vermicular cast iron alloy specially designed for blocks and heads of internal combustion engines that have special requirements for mechanical strength and machinability; said vermicular alloy has a microstructure that results in high values of mechanical properties, such as a minimum strength limit of 500 Mpa, a minimum yield limit of 350 MPa, along with good machinability; also, wherein the ferritization factor must be such that it is between 3.88 and 5.48. This set of properties makes it possible to design new engine blocks and heads with complex geometry, high mechanical properties, without compromising machinability, making it attractive both from a technical and economic point of view.

IPC Classes  ?

• C22C 37/10 - Cast-iron alloys containing aluminium or silicon

Abstract

The present invention refers to a gray cast iron alloy with chemical composition especially developed to promote high hot mechanical strength and good thermal conductivity, with antimony and nitrogen contents, wherein the antimony content ranges from 0.05 to 0, 12% by weight, and the nitrogen content ranges from 0.008 to 0.013% by weight, based on the total weight of the gray cast iron alloy.

IPC Classes  ?

• C22C 37/06 - Cast-iron alloys containing chromium
• C22C 33/08 - Making cast-iron alloys
• F02F 1/24 - Cylinder heads

Goods & Services

Machines for mining and for use in the construction industry, stationary engines for generating energy and marine engines. Automotive products, namely, land vehicle engine systems, braking systems, transmission systems and steering systems, suspension systems and axles, parts for cars, utility vehicles, trucks, buses, tractors and other agricultural vehicles.

Abstract

The present invention refers to a vermicular cast iron alloy specially designed for internal combustion engine blocks and heads having special requirements of mechanical strength and fatigue strength. Vermicular iron alloy with high mechanical strength and high fatigue strength for the production of internal combustion engines blocks and heads characterized by having a microstructure of pearlitic matrix and predominantly vermicular graphite (>70%) and presence of graphite nodules in up to 30%, wherein its graphite microstructure is described by the Microstructure Factor (FM), as defined below, with Microstructure Factor values higher than 0.94.

IPC Classes  ?

• C22C 37/00 - Cast-iron alloys
• C22C 33/08 - Making cast-iron alloys
• C22C 38/00 - Ferrous alloys, e.g. steel alloys
• F02F 1/00 - CylindersCylinder heads
• C21D 1/06 - Surface hardening

Abstract

The present invention refers to a gray cast iron alloy with chemical composition especially developed to promote high hot mechanical strength and good thermal conductivity, with antimony and nitrogen contents, wherein the antimony content ranges from 0.05 to 0, 12% by weight, and the nitrogen content ranges from 0.008 to 0.013% by weight, based on the total weight of the gray cast iron alloy.

IPC Classes  ?

• C22C 37/00 - Cast-iron alloys
• F02F 1/24 - Cylinder heads

Abstract

The present invention relates to the technological field of cast iron alloys for automotive and similar applications. Problem to be solved: Presently, structural parts of internal combustion engines are made of gray cast iron alloys that rarely have a tensile strength limit range greater than 350 MPa or vermicular cast iron alloys that do not remain stable at high temperatures. Solution of the problem: It is disclosed a vermicular cast iron alloy that, due to the addition of amounts of Molybdenum, Copper and Tin, with Hot Resistance Factor from 0.5 to 1.7% (HRF=3×(% Mo)+1×(% Sn)+0.25×(% Cu)) achieves a tensile strength limit of 500 to 550 MPa at room temperature and up to 300° C., and a tensile strength limit of 430 to 450 MPa at 400° C.

IPC Classes  ?

• C22C 37/00 - Cast-iron alloys
• C22C 37/10 - Cast-iron alloys containing aluminium or silicon
• F02F 1/24 - Cylinder heads

Abstract

The present invention provides a system for the production of an iron component by continuous casting comprising: a mold adapted to receive liquid metal through an inlet channel defined in the match mold, which is disposed at least partially within the mold.

IPC Classes  ?

• B22D 11/00 - Continuous casting of metals, i.e. casting in indefinite lengths
• B22D 11/14 - Plants for continuous casting, e.g. for upwardly drawing the strand

Abstract

The present utility model provides a match mold for a hollow metal bar continuous casting device, comprising a base and an extension body, which extends perpendicularly with respect to the base, wherein: the base comprises an aperture adapted to allow passage of liquid metal into the casting device; and the extension body comprises a radial projection adapted to exchange heat with a cooling system of the continuous casting device.

IPC Classes  ?

• B22D 11/00 - Continuous casting of metals, i.e. casting in indefinite lengths
• B22D 11/14 - Plants for continuous casting, e.g. for upwardly drawing the strand

Goods & Services

Brake systems for vehicles; Engines for land vehicles; Motors for land vehicles; Steering and suspension systems and parts for steering and suspension systems for vehicles, namely, upper ball joints, lower ball joints, ball joints with control arms, bushing kits, inner tie rod ends, outer tie rod ends, sleeves, idler arms, center links, stabilizer kits, inner sockets and pitman arms; Suspension systems for for automobiles, trucks, buses, tractors, utility vehicles and agricultural equipment; Transmission belts for land vehicles; Transmission chains for land vehicles; Transmission mechanisms, for land vehicles; Land vehicle parts, namely, axles

Abstract

The present invention refers to a vermicular cast iron alloy specially designed for internal combustion engine blocks and heads having special requirements of mechanical strength and fatigue strength. Vermicular iron alloy with high mechanical strength and high fatigue strength for the production of internal combustion engines blocks and heads characterized by having a microstructure of pearlitic matrix and predominantly vermicular graphite (> 70%) and presence of graphite nodules in up to 30%, wherein its graphite microstructure is described by the Microstructure Factor (FM), as defined below, with Microstructure Factor values higher than 0.94.

IPC Classes  ?

• C22C 37/10 - Cast-iron alloys containing aluminium or silicon
• C22C 37/04 - Cast-iron alloys containing spheroidal graphite

Abstract

The present invention relates to the technological field of cast iron alloys for automotive and similar applications. Problem to be solved: Presently, structural parts of internal combustion engines are made of gray cast iron alloys that rarely have a tensile strength limit range greater than 350 MPa or vermicular cast iron alloys that do not remain stable at high temperatures. Solution of the problem: It is disclosed a vermicular cast iron alloy that, due to the addition of amounts of Molybdenum, Copper and Tin, with Hot Resistance Factor from 0.5 to 1.7% (HRF = 3 x (%Mo) + 1 x (%Sn) + 0,25 x (%Cu)) achieves a tensile strength limit of 500 to 550 MPa at room temperature and up to 300 °C, and a tensile strength limit of 430 to 450 MPa at 400 °C.

IPC Classes  ?

• C22C 37/10 - Cast-iron alloys containing aluminium or silicon
• C22C 37/00 - Cast-iron alloys

Goods & Services

(1) Cylinder block, cylinder head motor, engine housing, brake housing, transmission housing, differential housing, engine flywheel, wheel hub, crankshaft, axle housing, steering knuckle, engine brake bracket, brake support bracket, suspension bracket, chassis bracket, all used for vehicles in land, sea and air.

Goods & Services

(1) Cylinder block, cylinder head motor, engine housing, brake housing, transmission housing, differential housing, engine flywheel, wheel hub, crankshaft, axle housing, steering knuckle, engine brake bracket, brake support bracket, suspension bracket, chassis bracket, all used for vehicles in land, sea and air.

Goods & Services

Connections; pipelines; tubes; conduits; ducts; flanges; valves; clamps;  articles used in hydraulic installations (steam, gas, oil, and other liquids) for industrial application or in construction, all made from metallic material.

Goods & Services

Connections; pipelines; tubes of metal; conduits; ducts; flanges; valves; clamps; articles used in hydraulic installations (steam, gas, oil and other liquids) for industrial application or in construction, all made from metallic material.

Abstract

A new alloy, obtained through a new method, which presents the mechanical and physical properties of the gray iron alloy, with a wide interface range of the CGI's tensile strength (TS). This new alloy, flake graphite based, is a High Performance Iron (HPI) alloy. Therefore, besides its high tensile strength, the HPI alloy presents excellent machinability, damping vibration, thermal conductivity, low shrink tendency and good microstructure stability (compatible with gray iron alloys). HPI's characteristics are obtained by a method that defines a specific interaction among five metallurgical fundaments: chemical analysis; oxidation of the liquid metal; nucleation of the liquid metal; eutectic solidification and eutectoidic solidification.

IPC Classes  ?

• C21C 1/00 - Refining of pig-ironCast iron
• C21C 1/08 - Manufacture of cast-iron
• C21C 1/10 - Making spheroidal graphite cast-iron
• C22C 37/10 - Cast-iron alloys containing aluminium or silicon
• C22C 37/06 - Cast-iron alloys containing chromium
• C22C 37/00 - Cast-iron alloys

Abstract

The object of this application defines a new alloy which presents at the same time the mechanical and physical properties of the gray iron alloy, i.e., excellent machinability, damping vibration, thermal conductivity, low shrink tendency and good microstructure stability, together with a wide interface range of the CGI tensile strength.

IPC Classes  ?

• C22C 37/06 - Cast-iron alloys containing chromium
• C22C 37/00 - Cast-iron alloys
• C22C 37/10 - Cast-iron alloys containing aluminium or silicon

Abstract

Treatment process for surplus sand from casting for use in core making and molding,wherein said process comprises the following steps: a) feeding of the surplus sand from casting into a silo (1 ); b) initial screening; c) processing the mixture in a first hydrocylone (4); d) processing in an attritor (6); e) second wet screening step; f) processing of the mixture in a second hydrocyclone (10); g) grading step; h) mixture processing with a third hydrocyclone (15); i) processing washed sand in a collecting gutter (16); j) drying in a dryer (17); and k) processing in a refrigerator (18).

IPC Classes  ?

• B03B 9/00 - General arrangement of separating plant, e.g. flow sheets

Goods & Services

Automotive products manufactured in nodular cast iron, malleable cast iron, gray cast iron and CGI, used in passenger cars, trucks, tractors and buses, customized and supplied upon request to system and vehicle manufacturers, namely, parts for engines in the nature of engine blocks, engine heads, bed-plates, crankshafts, connecting rods, exhaust manifolds, bearing caps, flywheels, camshafts, distributor housings, compressor blocks Automotive parts, namely, brake rotors, brake drums, brake calipers, wheel cylinders, steering system housings, differential covers, gearbox housings, slip yokes, wheel hubs, steering knuckles, suspension arms, flanges, axle housings, flanges for exhaust pipes, torsion bar bearings, spring shackles, housing covers, spring hangers, spring brackets, shock absorber hangers, namely, automotive part that sustains the shock absorbers in the correct position, clutch release forks, spring guide plates, clutch release sleeves, pump housings, namely, fuel pump housings and water pump housings, pedal supports, pinion cases, brake spiders, vented rotors, valve covers, clutch forks, pinion supports, adjustment nuts, pulleys, valve bodies, steering wheel cylinders, clutch housings, rollers, clamps, spacers, door and hood latches

Goods & Services

Parts of vehicles.

Goods & Services

Automobile Parts-Namely, Crankshafts, Cylinder Blocks and Heads, Brake Spiders, Brake Shoes, Transmission Casings and End Yokes

Goods & Services

Automobile Parts-Namely, Crankshafts, Cylinder Blocks and Heads, Brake Spiders, Brake Shoes, Transmission Casings and End Yokes

Goods & Services

MALLEABLE IRON PIPE FITTINGS-, namely, [ BUSHING, ] ELBOWS, [ COUPLINGS, ] TEES [, PLUGS, CAPS, NUTS, FLANGES, UNIONS, CROSSES, BENDS AND NIPPLES ]

Goods & Services

MALLEABLE IRON PIPE FITTINGS-NAMELY, BUSHING, ELBOWS, COUPLINGS, TEES, PLUGS, CAPS, NUTS, FLANGES, UNIONS, CROSSES, BENDS AND NIPPLES

Goods & Services

(1) Connectors and fittings for use in association with pipe and tubing, namely tees, knees, bends, double tee junctions, reducing bushings, double nipples, plugs, caps, lock-nuts and flanges.

Goods & Services

(1) Connectors and fittings for use with pipe and tubing, namely tees, knees, bends, double tee junctions, reducing bushings, double nipples, plugs, caps, lock-nuts and flanges.